Sash-holder.



F. LENKEY & J. SZALAY.

SASH HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 26, 190s.

907,31 w Patented 13910.22, 1908.

FRANK LENKEY AND JOSEPH SZALAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SASH-HLDER;

seater.

Specification of Letters lPatent.

Patented Dec. 22, H1208.

.lpplicatlen filed August 26, 1908. Serial No. 30,318.

.'Zo oil whom 'it 'may concern.'

Be it known that we, FRANK Lenker and Josera Szamv, subjects of the King of Hungary,l and residents oi the city of New York, inythe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices for supporting sashes of Windows, and more particularly relates to that class of sash holders which are carried by the sashes and engage the window jamb, `whereby the sash may be kept in any desired position.

rlhe object of' the invention is to 'pxrovide a device of the character specied, w ich is of a simple and durable construction, and comprises means for adjustin the friction means etween the Window sas and the window j amb, .whereby the device may be easily adapted for use on Window sashes of different sizes and Weights,

The invention is illustrated in the accorn.

panying drawings,'in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one ofthe devices detached, and Fig. 2 a sectional view, showing the device in its operative position on the sash.

In the drawings, the Window frame is shown at 1, and the sash at 2, each of the same being of the usual construction.

Usually a pair of the sash holding devices, hereinafter to be described, is mounted on each window sash, by forming on each side of thel same a mortise, into which the sash holding device is placed. This device comprises, more particularly a casing 3, made preferably of metal, the faceplate 4 of which extends above and below the edges of the casing, whereby thelatter may be secured to the sash by means of screws 5, 5. IIn this casing is s lidably arranged a plate 6, carrying rotatably the friction rollers 7, 7, mounted on lugs 8, 8, and projecting through the slots 9, 9 of the front plate 4.

The late 6 is provided with holes 10, engaged y bolts 11, which letter are provided With heads 12, which pass through the base plate 4 for a pur ose, hereinafter to be described. The ot er ends of these bolts are provided with screw threads ll', meshing with the .inner screw threads 13 of the Wasiyoft ers le, slidably arranged in the casing, and guided in their .movement by the uides 15.

Each bolt 1l is provided with a coi ed spring 55 16, mounted on the same and located between the plate 6 and the washers 14.

, the window sash and secured thereto by the The device is placed into the mortise 2 of screws .3, whereby thc friction rollers 7 will project at suitable distances beyond the base vplate 4 and engage the window frame 1.

.Window sashes of diilerent Weights will require different tensions of the rollers. To vary1 the tension of the springs, the head l2 e bolt l() is engaged by a suitable tool, such as an ordinary sreW-driver, and the boit rotated, whereby the washer 14 varios its position, and thereby the tension of the' springs becomes greater or less, wluch ress thus the rollers` with more or less rorce against the Window casing l.

it is obvious vthat various minorchanges may be made in the form of the device Witl1- out departing Jfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

What We claim is 2- ln a sash holder, the combination with a casin of a plate slidably arranged therein, a plura ity of friction rollers supported by said plate and adapted to project throu h openings in said casing, a plurality of olts arranged in said casing and enga 'ng said plate, washers in. screw threaded?1 enga ement with said bolts, lugs in said casing or.

preventing the rotation of said Washers, and a plurality of springs arranged on said .bolts and eneaging said plate and said Washers, said bolts being adapted to rotate so, as to vary the tension of said springs.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 30th day of June, A.. l). 1908.

FRANK LENKEY. JOSEPH SZALAY. Witnesses:

SIGMUND HERZOG, S. BIRNBAUM. 

